hitherto

英 [ˌhɪðəˈtuː]

美 [ˌhɪðərˈtuː]

adv.  迄今; 直到某时

CET6考研IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.4192 / COCA.16041

牛津词典

adv.

• 迄今；直到某时
  until now; until the particular time you are talking about
  1. a hitherto unknown species of moth
     迄今仍属未知种类的蛾

柯林斯词典

• ADV 迄今;到目前为止
  You usehithertoto indicate that something was true up until the time you are talking about, although it may no longer be the case.
  1. The polytechnics have hitherto been at an unfair disadvantage in competing for pupils and money...
     到目前为止，理工专科学校在争取生源和资金方面一直处于劣势。
  2. Hitherto, the main emphasis has been on the need to resist aggression...
     迄今为止，一直重点强调的是要抵抗侵略。
  3. The helicopter is the first in the world to be designed to serve three hitherto very distinct markets.
     这款直升机是世界上首批为满足3个迄今为止完全不同的市场而设计的机型。

英英释义

adv

• used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time
  1. So far he hasn't called
  2. the sun isn't up yet
  Synonym:so farthus farup to nowheretoforeas yetyettil nowuntil now

双语例句

• Hitherto she had felt no dread with regard to the coming interview.
  先前，她对于即将进行的会谈并不感到害怕。
• Hitherto he had been held in check by the controlling interference of congress.
  至今，他还是被控制干涉国会控制。
• Hitherto, it has not been possible to envision a peace settlement.
  到目前为止，还没有一个可能的和平解决的构想。
• Hitherto we haven't been successful.
  不过目前为止我们还没有成功做到这一点。
• For hitherto though I have lost all my time.
  迄今我虽然失去了全部的时日。
• This latter way is the true one, but hitherto untried.
  这后一种方法是真实的，但尚未有人试用过。
• But hitherto nobody has closed the gap between rigorous theory and broad vision.
  但迄今为止，还没有人能消除严谨理论与现实眼光之间的差距。
• The helicopter is the first in the world to be designed to serve three hitherto very distinct markets.
  这款直升机是世界上首批为满足3个迄今为止完全不同的市场而设计的机型。
• Hitherto, the main emphasis has been on the need to resist aggression
  迄今为止，一直重点强调的是要抵抗侵略。
• Our studies thus reveal a hitherto undiscovered novel pathway that controls cold adaptation in rice.
  我们的研究结果揭示了迄今为止尚未发现的新的通路控制水稻对冷胁迫的适应。